Peter Goelet Gerry

Senator from Rhode Island

SENATEDEMOCRAT1913–1947ID G000141

LegislationHEADLINE

65%with Dems

of 1,488 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

65%with Dems

of 1,488 · both combined

Steepest move

−36 pts

1927 → 1935

still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓191319191925193119371943

1945–4679th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

48.7%with Democrats

of 115 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1935, −36 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Jul 31, 1946H.R. 7No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 27, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 27, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1362), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

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Jul 26, 1946H.R. 1362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 24, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 23, 1946H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 23, 1946H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 22, 1946H.J.Res. 225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 22, 1946H.J.Res. 225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 115 contested votes scored in the 79th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

13 Congresses

63rd · 191365th · 191779th · 1945

Democrat · House · RI63rd–63rd

Democrat · Senate · RI65th–79th

Term datesexact

Peter Goelet Gerry

Senator from Rhode Island

SENATED1913–194713 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

65.2%with Democrats

of 1,488 votes · 34.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested65%of 1,488 · combined

Steepest move−36 pts1927→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131945

1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 115 votes48.7%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 115 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

63rd · 191379th · 1945

Democrat63rd–63rd

Democrat65th–79th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th